grabfest

Definitions

noun informal An event at which participants greedily attempt to grab goods or resources.

grab +‎ -fest

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The imperialist grabfest, so gaudy at the time, has left little of lasting value -- little besides the Panama Canal.

Divorce, American Style 2008
Buyers beware, Black Friday is supposed to be a deal-finding grabfest, but as we have just seen in many cases it looks more like a slugfest.

CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2005 2005
To the extent that Freddie and Fannie have become a grabfest for the banking industry, that's something Congress should know when it eventually gets around to rewriting the laws that govern them.

Citigroup Defective-Loan Rate Improves to F+: Commentary by Jonathan Weil - Bloomberg 2011
Palin's grabfest: Walks away with loads of Oscar goodies

WN.com - Articles related to Ramnavami Festival today - wishes, sms, scraps 2010
Check Diamond Comics Distributors, who sponsor the grabfest, hooked EW up with various titles to peruse in advance.

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009
Then it’s a wholesale grabfest for every pious group.

The Grisly Quest For Body Parts « Colleen Anderson 2010
It may feel good and cathartic to do that, but I’d rather have Brooks with us in developing superior alternatives to Obama’s big government grabfest.

When you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009